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Mike Gagnon

The Island of Dr. Morose

Synopsis

While the world was recovering and rebuilding from the zombie apocalypse, one eccentric genius, Dr. Dieter Schmidt, was turning a Haitian island into a paradise for the wealthy and affluent. Word eventually spread out to the civilized world that Schmidt had mastered the technology of cybernetic control of the undead, turning them into the servants and labourers that keep his island paradise running. Now a team of journalists from Timely Magazine have come to the island to report on the amazing technological advances being made in the tropical paradise to the rest of the world. Unless...something goes wrong...

Author Insight

The Island of Dr. Morose

If you've read the independent satire,sci-fi, horror sensation that is the Island of Dr.Morose; you know how deliciously gruesome,gory and gritty it is. What you may not know is that author Mike Gagnon originally conceived of the book as a graphic novel, a project that was completely plotted, fully scripted before the project ultimately died Like any great story, or zombie, it just wouldn't rest,rising again as the internationally distributed and fan lauded novel we know and love. Nowhere,the author presents the original texts. All the plot and chapter breakdowns,character bios,and the complete original graphic novel script, exposed like the entrails of a bloated corpse on the beach ,just before you realize that corpse is moving,gnawing on your ankle and working it's way toward your brain !

Book Excerpt

The Island of Dr. Morose

CHAPTER 3

About 20 minutes later, desserts and a few embarrassed apologies were completed. Romero, Schmidt and Hugo escorted the news team back through the pair of large steel doors they had exited earlier and back into the long, wide corridor. The hallway was lined with doors down the right side. Schmidt explained that these were the guest quarters, located behind the research facility.

“They must have brought my lens bag to the wrong room!” Jeremy exclaimed.

Jeremy closed the door to his room behind him as he walked into the hallway.

I’ll check with Marija first! Jeremy thought to himself. I saw the way that Romero was hitting on her. Scum bag! I think it’s time I told her how much I care about her!

Jeremy’s hand knocked quickly on Marija’s door.

“Knock! Knock!”

“Come in!” Marija’s voice lilted from inside the room.

Jeremy cracked the door open slowly, just enough to peak his head inside the room.

“Hey Marija! Did you see my lens bag?” Jeremy asked.

“Yeah, I think I saw it with my bags next to the bed. Come on in,” her voice called out from the luxury bathroom.

Jeremy entered, scurrying quickly, insecure in the back of his mind that Marija was just being polite and he may have been intruding on her privacy in an indiscreet moment. Nothing like ruining your chances with a chick by irritating her while she's trying to take a dump. He quickly rifled through the luggage piled next to Marija’s bed and lifted out his leather lens bag.

“Found it! Thanks!” Jeremy called out.

“No prob! I’m just checking out this bathroom, it’s amazing!” Marija called back.